Formentor Prize, awarded by an international group of publishers, to Borges and Samuel Beckett. Italian government recognizes Borges with title of Commendatore. First trip to the United States, where he taught at the University of Texas and lectured at various other universities. José Bianco resigns as director of Sur after going to Cuba, which caused a break with Victoria Ocampo.

Locations

In September Borges begins a semester at the University of Texas in Austin as a visiting professor.

Historical Context

Frondizi meets with ¨Che¨ Guevara in Punta del Este, Uruguay.

Books

Antología personal. Buenos Aires: Sur, 1961. 195 pp. [First edition, reprinted several times in following years. Nueva antología personal was published in 1968.]